Starry Sky

I like nights with moonlight. I like the heavens even more, when the stars in the sky are twinkling. Before, in my hometown, on the autumn nights I would go out onto the balcony and fan myself. I would watch the trails of stars in the sky, shining so brightly, and they would make me forget everything else. I was as if I was in my mother's embrace.

At night I would open the door and would see the beautiful and peaceful sky. Below me there was a garden, above me the starry sky. I would feel the pull of the stars and the light of the stars very strongly. Sometimes I would take out a star chart and try to learn the different constellations.

Looking at the stars, I would feel almost like my eyes were blinking, or that the stars were telling me a secret. It made me forget all my other cares. When the stars saw my happy face, they fell asleep, and I thought of when I was young, and I slept in my mother's embrace.

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